Novik

Scuttled

Imperial Russian Navy, then Imperial Japanese Navy

Type	Protected cruiser
War	Russo-Japanese War
Main guns	6 × 4.7″ guns

Service

1901–1905	Novik	Russia
from 1905	Suzuya Raised from the shallows at Korsakov	Japan

Escaped the Yellow Sea but was caught at Korsakov on Sakhalin and scuttled. Raised by Japan.

Russian protected cruiser Novik (Новик) of the Russo-Japanese war. Photo is most likely in public domain, considering its age (pre-1904), and due to the Soviet copyright policy. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

As built

6 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
6 × 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
2 × 37 mm (1.5 in) guns
5 × 381 mm (15.0 in) torpedo tubes

As Suzuya

2 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
4 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) guns

Armour

Deck: 50 mm (2 in)
Conning tower: 28 mm (1 in)

Builder	Schichau shipyards, Germany
Laid down	February 1900
Launched	2 August 1900
Commissioned	3 May 1901
Displacement	3,080 long tons (3,129 t)
Length	110 m (360 ft 11 in) w/l
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement	340

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

2 August 1900

Battle of Port Arthur

Survived

8–9 February 1904

Battle of the Yellow Sea

Escaped

10 August 1904

Broke through; later caught at Korsakov

Battle of Korsakov

Scuttled

20 August 1904

Scuttled in the harbour shallows

Renamed IJN Suzuya

Japan

1905 · Raised from the shallows at Korsakov